Arts & Culture

Harmony Day is a day where people from different backgrounds unite within their communities to celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity and the sense of belonging that comes with being a multicultural society. Several community events took place around the nation and El Telegraph Weekend was on location to report on the community events that took place in Sydney’s culturally diverse St. ...

Singing, dancing and a sea of colourful traditional costumes decorated Circular Quay yesterday (Sunday) as children from all around Sydney joined the Children’s Festival celebrations, appropriately themed “I am a Proud Australian”. After weeks of rehearsal, children were excited to put on a show for their proud parents and experience the festival which included face painting, sand painting, paint ...

Frozen fans across the globe have heard the rumours and now it is confirmed, Elsa, Anna and the loveable Olaf are coming back to a theatre near you. Disney Animation on Thursday announced that a sequel to the animated mega-hit Frozen is in the works. “Forecast: Winter weather ahead! Disney Animation developing #Frozen2,” the studio said on Twitter, adding that directors Chris ...

He was the first ever Australian Idol winner and now he’ll be the first ever Australian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest. After weeks of speculation and conjecture, Guy Sebastian has been named as the artist who will represent Australia at Eurovision on May 23 in Vienna. “I’m pumped,” Sebastian said soon after Thursday’s announcement at the Sydney Opera House. “It beats the local ...

Even as Iraq mourns the destruction of priceless artefacts by jihadists in Mosul, the national museum in Baghdad has brought joy and pride to visitors by opening its doors for the first time in 12 years. The public opening at the weekend was brought forward in response to a video released last week by the Islamic State group showing militants ...

A sneak-peak of what this year’s Showbag Pavillion has to offer proved a real treat for 30 chronically ill children from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Royal Far West, who all got to test drive the showbags that will feature at this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show. A record number of 349 Showbags was on display for the ...

R&B star Chris Brown, notorious for brushes with the law including an assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, has reportedly been barred from entering Canada, forcing him to cancel performances. “Unfortunately I will not be able to perform in front of sold-out crowds in Montreal and Toronto,” the controversial US singer wrote on Twitter. “The good people of the Canadian government wouldn’t ...

Taylor Swift has been crowned the world’s top-selling artist in 2014. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or IFPI, said that Swift was the world’s most popular recording artist last year when accounting for physical sales, downloads and streaming. Swift dominated US charts in late 2014 but the group said that she was also among the top five artists ...

To kick off Multicultural March, Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today launched a sate-wide calendar of activities that will take place in New South Wales. During a multicultural media briefing in Sydney, Mr. Dominello said the positive level of community engagement during recent sporting events like the AFC Asian Cup and the ICC Cricket World Cup as well ...

Pop diva Lady Gaga has announced to the world that she is getting married – to an actor she met making a video, in which she wore her mother’s wedding dress. The 28-year-old superstar, who has become as known for her extravagant outfits as for her music, revealed the engagement by showing a simple, heart-shaped ring that fiance Taylor Kinney ...